Disc Cracking Problem
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Disc Cracking Problem
My copy of the T2 Ultimate Edition has started to crack, from the center hole outward. I'm sure it was caused by the cases' "pushbutton" holder.
Anyone ever have this problem and is there a cure?
Anyone ever have this problem and is there a cure?
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Re: Disc Cracking Problem
Originally posted by GeneralZod
My copy of the T2 Ultimate Edition has started to crack, from the center hole outward. I'm sure it was caused by the cases' "pushbutton" holder.
Anyone ever have this problem and is there a cure?
My copy of the T2 Ultimate Edition has started to crack, from the center hole outward. I'm sure it was caused by the cases' "pushbutton" holder.
Anyone ever have this problem and is there a cure?
You should contact the company, maybe they will send a replacement, especially if others have contacted them also.
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Wow. I've never had a cracked disk. Well, actually my kid stepped on Make Mine Music and broke it to pieces, but I've never had one crack while removing it from the case.
As far as a cure for cracking disks. . . Be more careful?
As far as a cure for cracking disks. . . Be more careful?
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Originally posted by greatjedi
Wow. I've never had a cracked disk. Well, actually my kid stepped on Make Mine Music and broke it to pieces, but I've never had one crack while removing it from the case.
Wow. I've never had a cracked disk. Well, actually my kid stepped on Make Mine Music and broke it to pieces, but I've never had one crack while removing it from the case.
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Originally posted by greatjedi
Well, actually my kid stepped on Make Mine Music and broke it to pieces, but I've never had one crack while removing it from the case.
Well, actually my kid stepped on Make Mine Music and broke it to pieces, but I've never had one crack while removing it from the case.
I haven't had any myself, but I have seen some rental discs that looked like they were about to crack.
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Originally posted by greatjedi
Wow. I've never had a cracked disk.
As far as a cure for cracking disks. . . Be more careful?
Wow. I've never had a cracked disk.
As far as a cure for cracking disks. . . Be more careful?
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I've experienced this problem a number of times
A major culprit seems to be the Disc-1 (inner flap) hub on the original slim double Amaray cases. These have a "triangle" like hub design. The hubs have 3 small "teeth" that are supposed to hold the disc in, but often get caught between DVD layers, pushing them apart and cracking the disc.
Nowadays, whenever I get a dual Amaray case I remove the inner hub and just place a disc in a Tyvek envelope. Not quite as nice, but haven't had any problems with cracked discs since.
A major culprit seems to be the Disc-1 (inner flap) hub on the original slim double Amaray cases. These have a "triangle" like hub design. The hubs have 3 small "teeth" that are supposed to hold the disc in, but often get caught between DVD layers, pushing them apart and cracking the disc.
Nowadays, whenever I get a dual Amaray case I remove the inner hub and just place a disc in a Tyvek envelope. Not quite as nice, but haven't had any problems with cracked discs since.
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I've had this problem on three different discs.
Two were caused by the Amaray flap's hub.
The other I dunno what happened. I could only attribute it to faulty hub locking.
What I do now is if the disc is stiff in the case, or if I push down and the disc doesn't pop out (like it stays in the circular hole), I replace the case.
I haven't gone through my entire collection, but I do occasional checks on random discs.
I also have given my discs breathing room. Try not to pack the discs so tightly just in case.
Two were caused by the Amaray flap's hub.
The other I dunno what happened. I could only attribute it to faulty hub locking.
What I do now is if the disc is stiff in the case, or if I push down and the disc doesn't pop out (like it stays in the circular hole), I replace the case.
I haven't gone through my entire collection, but I do occasional checks on random discs.
I also have given my discs breathing room. Try not to pack the discs so tightly just in case.
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I had that problem happen to me on Armageddon criterion disk. The triangle hub places too much pressure on the disk causing a crack. I actually took a knife and removed some of the material on the retaining hub. I took of just enough so that the disk won't come loose when it's not supposed to.
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My first copy of Forrest Gump had a crack in it from a hub that was too tight, but then all of my movies got stolen so that wasn't my problem anymore. Since rebuilding, though, no cracking problems that I can think of.
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Re: Disc Cracking Problem
Originally posted by GeneralZod
My copy of the T2 Ultimate Edition has started to crack, from the center hole outward. I'm sure it was caused by the cases' "pushbutton" holder.
Anyone ever have this problem and is there a cure?
My copy of the T2 Ultimate Edition has started to crack, from the center hole outward. I'm sure it was caused by the cases' "pushbutton" holder.
Anyone ever have this problem and is there a cure?
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I actually took a knife and removed some of the material on the retaining hub. I took of just enough so that the disk won't come loose when it's not supposed to.
I actually took a knife and removed some of the material on the retaining hub. I took of just enough so that the disk won't come loose when it's not supposed to.
I've also used a procedure similar to this in that once i've removed the disc i file down the hub so that it becomes easier to remove in the future thus alleviating the problem to some extent of the disc cracking.
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Originally posted by RichDB10
Quite a few of the titles i've received have had discs which have been very hard to remove initially due to the nature of how the disc is held in place.
I've also used a procedure similar to this in that once i've removed the disc i file down the hub so that it becomes easier to remove in the future thus alleviating the problem to some extent of the disc cracking.
Quite a few of the titles i've received have had discs which have been very hard to remove initially due to the nature of how the disc is held in place.
I've also used a procedure similar to this in that once i've removed the disc i file down the hub so that it becomes easier to remove in the future thus alleviating the problem to some extent of the disc cracking.
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When we say "cracked disc," are we talking about the disc actually having a large crack that splits the disc in two, or a crack that's sort of beneath the surface of the outside layer of the DVD (this happened to a disc that I received from Columbia House recently)?
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I had a crack in the first disc of Hannibal. It cracked from the center hole of the DVD all the way to the start of the disc making it unplayable. I took it to WalMart and exchanged it for a new one and I don't think I even had the receipt.
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My Criterion Armageddon has a crack in it. I don't know why they wouldn't have a re-enforcing ring on these discs, especially since the case has that "almost impossible to push" hub with the solid center. Not sure if it already had a crack in it when I bought it.
I've stopped the crack from going any further. I repaired it with 2 part epoxy, fiberglass cloth fibers, emery board and a microscope.
Mostly I sand with the emery board just to balance the disc. I made a balancer in our machine shop. It's just a smaller version of a lawnmower blade balancer.
You wouldn't believe how many new dvd's and cd's are unbalanced right out of the package.
I've stopped the crack from going any further. I repaired it with 2 part epoxy, fiberglass cloth fibers, emery board and a microscope.
Mostly I sand with the emery board just to balance the disc. I made a balancer in our machine shop. It's just a smaller version of a lawnmower blade balancer.
You wouldn't believe how many new dvd's and cd's are unbalanced right out of the package.
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What I do with those slim-double
amarays that have the triangle hub
is that I push it in as far as it can
go a few times (I kind of pump it).
It is then loose enough to not
crack the disc over time, but still
tight enough to hold onto it.
amarays that have the triangle hub
is that I push it in as far as it can
go a few times (I kind of pump it).
It is then loose enough to not
crack the disc over time, but still
tight enough to hold onto it.